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Munich Re, Hannover Re go for lower margin risk than SCOR

Munich Re and Hannover Re have embraced low margin, low volatility growth with a low Solvency II capital cost in 2018, while peers such as SCOR steer clear due to the high S&P rating capital cost, according to Jefferies analysts.   27 September 2018

Insurance

Travelers appoints head of General Aviation

Travelers has appointed David Watts as head of General Aviation for Travelers Syndicate Management (Syndicate 5000 at Lloyd’s).   17 September 2013

Insurance

Chaucer boosts The Hanover’s falling profits

A strong performance from The Hanover Insurance Group’s Lloyd’s platform, Chaucer, and growth in The Hanover’s commercial lines, helped to boost the company’s falling profits, despite heavy US winter weather losses.   1 May 2014

Insurance

Vizion Insurance adds former Aon exec as founding partner

Vizion Insurance Brokers, a new broking venture launched by the former heads of Bluefin and Chubb, has expanded its leadership team with the addition of Pete Living as a founding partner.   19 July 2017

Insurance

AXIS Insurance hires vice president for US property/casualty programmes

Bermuda-based AXIS Capital Holdings has appointed Rhonda Lohmar as vice president, US programmes, for the property/casualty (P&C) team.   3 April 2017

Insurance

Syndicate 2525 hires new UK regional underwriter

Asta managed syndicate 2525 has appointed Rob Moores as head of the syndicate’s UK regional underwriting operation with effect from 1st January 2016.   10 December 2015

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RenRe reports good growth but a fall in profits for 2015

RenaissanceRe (RenRe) has seen a fall in its profits in 2015, to $408.8 million, compared with $510.3 million in 2014.   3 February 2016

Insurance

Collaboration: full steam ahead

Risk pools can be an efficient way to insure and manage risks in countries which regularly suffer natural disasters. But is the gap between policy buyers and sellers being bridged quickly enough to make these pools possible? Intelligent Insurer reports.   15 October 2019

Insurance

Reinsurers face $1bn Harvey claim from FEMA

The US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is submitting a claim to recover the full $1.042 billion in reinsurance coverage under its 2017 Reinsurance Program.   6 December 2017

Insurance

QBE partners with AI startup

Australia’s QBE Insurance Group has partnered with London-based artificial intelligence startup Cytora.   6 December 2017

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